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bullseye en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊlzɑɪ/ (Australia)
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈbʊlzaɪ/ (Canada, UK, US)

Etymology

From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.

Meanings

  1. A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
  2. (broadly) A response to a totally accurate statement.
    • —Did John steal the petty cash? —Bullseye.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bull's eye alternative lexicographic
bull's-eye alternative lexicographic

Relateds

goat's eye

Translations (19)

fi napakymppi (cry) · pt na mosca (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · de Volltreffer (cry) · fi oikein (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · fr dans le mille (cry) · fi aivan (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · fi juuri niin (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · ja 命中 (cry) · pt na mosca (cry) · tr tam isabet (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · hu telitalálat (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · el διάνα (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · de Blattschuss (cry) · el διάνα (cry) · fr dans le mille (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · tl sapul (cry) · sv mitt i prick (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · tl tumpak (response when someone makes an accurate statement) · de Volltreffer (response when someone makes an accurate statement)

bullseye en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊlzɑɪ/ (Australia)
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈbʊlzaɪ/ (Canada, UK, US)

Etymology

From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.

Meanings

  1. The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
  2. A shot which hits the centre of a target.
  3. The two central rings on a dartboard.
  4. A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
    • She had tried to look vague and sad and to murmur something in spite of the bull's-eye in her cheek […]. 1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 183:
  5. (obsolete) Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
  6. A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
  7. The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
  8. A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
    • He put on his fur coat and hat and went out into the hall. There he paused, hearing the slow heavy tread of the policeman on the pavement outside and seeing the flash of the bull's-eye reflected in the window. 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
    • [I]nstead of the six pair of feet which should have protruded therefrom, the gleam of the bull's-eye showed but four. 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 45:
  9. (broadly) A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
  10. An oculus.
  11. (UK, slang) A £50 banknote.
  12. (informal) Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
  13. The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
  14. An egg in a hole.
  15. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bullseyes Number=Plur lexicographic
bull's eye alternative lexicographic
bull's-eye alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

bullseye lantern

Descendants

Bullauge · bovokulo

Synonyms

bull · bullion · porthole

Translations (65)

eo bovokulo (centre of a target) · he בול פגיעה (centre of a target) · hy նշանակետ (centre of a target) · pt na mosca (centre of a target) · ar إصابة دقيقة للهدف (centre of a target) · de Zielscheibenmitte (centre of a target) · he בול מטרה (centre of a target) · ja 図星 (shot which hits the centre of a target) · sv mittpunkt (centre of a target) · fi häränsilmä (centre of a target) · eu idi-begi (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · pt alvo (centre of a target) · es centro del blanco (centre of a target) · cmn 靶心 (centre of a target) · ja 大当たり (shot which hits the centre of a target) · it centro del bersaglio (centre of a target) · es ojo de buey (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · de Bullauge (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · tr orta (centre of a target) · yi צילאַפּלען (centre of a target) · he בול (centre of a target) · he מרכז מטרה (centre of a target) · eo taŭrokulo (centre of a target) · nl roos (centre of a target) · de Butzen (central part of crown glass disk) · vi hồng tâm (centre of a target) · af kol (centre of a target) · ru иллюмина́тор (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · sv mitt (centre of a target) · fi pullonpohjalasi (central part of crown glass disk) · yi צילאַפּל (centre of a target) · io skopo-punto (centre of a target) · fr mouche (centre of a target) · sv polkagris (peppermint flavoured sweet) · pt muche (centre of a target) · nl voltreffer (shot which hits the centre of a target) · fi täysosuma (shot which hits the centre of a target) · fr mille (centre of a target) · ota حدقه (centre of a target) · fr hublot (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · fi häränsilmä (darts: two central rings of the dartboard) · bg илюмина́тор (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · cmn 紅心 /红心 (centre of a target) · hy բուլսի (centre of a target) · ay bullseye ukax mä juk’a pachanakanwa (centre of a target) · nv ałnííʼ góneʼ (centre of a target) · es diana (shot which hits the centre of a target) · fi napakymppi (centre of a target) · fi nekku (peppermint flavoured sweet) · he בולזאיי (centre of a target) · de Volltreffer (shot which hits the centre of a target) · pl bulaj (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · bg център на мишена (centre of a target) · pt mosca (centre of a target) · fr cul-de-bouteille (central part of crown glass disk) · no midt i blinken (centre of a target) · ru я́блочко мише́ни (centre of a target) · fi napakymppi (shot which hits the centre of a target) · tr tam isabet (shot which hits the centre of a target) · fi kymppi (centre of a target) · ru я́блочко (centre of a target) · ca ull de bou (thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light) · mi pokapū (centre of a target) · de Mitte (centre of a target) · ca fitó (centre of a target)

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